A former winner of the prize, the ex-England captain believes Liverpool's leader is the standout candidate to follow in his footsteps
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is the leading candidate to win the Premier League Player of the Year award, according to former England star Alan Shearer.
With a 22-point advantage at the summit of the standings, it is seemingly a matter of time before Jurgen Klopp’s men end their 30-year wait for a top-flight title having pieced together a magnificent campaign which threatens to re-write the history books.
And central to their efforts has been the consistency and leadership of Henderson, according to the league's all-time top goalscorer Shearer, who received the PFA Player of the Year prize in 1994-95 when he led Blackburn Rovers to the title.